Wire-fastener.



A. BERRY. WIRE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1914.

vPatented July 21, 1914.

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AMBROSE BER-RY, or enrrrnnsvrnnn, ALABAMA.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Airnnosn BERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Guntersville, in the county of Marshalland State of Alabama, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Wire-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to wire fasteners. and particularly to fasteners for fence posts, and has for its object the provision of a fastener of this character which may be readily connected with any standard form of post and provided with adjustable clamping elements which are adapted to be placed at the requisite points in the length of the post according .to the positions that the line wires are to occupy.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a fastener including an attaching plate secured to the post and constructed so as to permit the wire clamping elements to be removed from the plate expeditiously, while further constructed with a view to effecting a substantial purchase of the ele ments against the wire under normal conditions.

Figure 1 is a front view of a post showing. the application of the wire clamp or fastener thereto; Fi through a portion of the post showing one of the clamping elements and illustrating the manner of confining the by means'of said elements; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a slightly modified form of the invention; and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a still. further modified form of the device.

While I wish it to be understood that I do not desire, through the illustrations of the drawings, to limit myself to the precise manner of connecting the device to the post. it is preferred, where an ordinary wooden post such as the one shown at A is employed, to construct the fastener so that it will properly accommodate the requisite number of line wires, and it is now described that the fastener consists of a main attaching plate 1 having a uniform thickness throughout and being of a width whereby the edges of the plate come flush with the adjacent sides of the post. The plate is split along a longitudinal line and along transverse lines and within the area defined by the margin of the 2 is a vertical section wire to the post wire, the serrated taching plate 1 of the structure.

WIRE-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented; J 1115f 21, 1914:.

' Application filed May 11, 1914. Serial No. 837,915.

said split portions, the metal is upstruck so 11S to form a pair of flanges 22 spaced from each other along their inner longitudinal edges so as to form a continuous guide passage 3 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. The mentionedupstruck portions of the flanges 2-2 are preferably formed with relatively horizontal branches 4: that are designed to form the cooperative clamp ing parts of the device.

According to the number of line wires that go to constitute a part of the fence fabric, there are a corresponding number of damp ing elements in the formof identical plates 5 which are arranged outwardly of the flanges 2-2 of the attaching plate 1. The plates 5 are identical with one another and each is upstruck respectively, at its upper and lower edges, so as to form the substantially concavo-convex gripping extensions 6 which extend in the direction of the horizontal surfaces 3 of. the flanges 2. The said gripping surfaces or extensions 6 are serrated as at 7 and, as illustrated, the surfaces 6 traverse the vertical opening or passage between the flanges -2-2, and the serrated surfaces of theextensions 6 are designed to obtain an effective purchase with the horizontal extensions 3 at the time of the clamping of the wireupon the post.

Each of the plates 5 is provided with a central perforation 8 which receives a bolt 9 whose head has a width exceeding the distance between the vertical inner edges of the flanges 2 so that the projecting portions of the head will extend against the adjacent surfaces of the said flanges. In this manner, the bolt will be held against drawing outwardly of the guide slot as defined by the spacing of the flanges 2-2 from each other. The bolt carries an adjusting nut 10 which may be operated so as to cause the plate 5 to advance in the direction of the flanges 2. After one has positioned the plate 5 at the required point in the length of the attaching plate 1, the line wire B is placed'beneath one of the concavo-convex extensions 6 and the clamping nut 10 is then adjusted so as to cause the plate 5 to be properly drawn into clamping contact with the wire. On the final clamping of the plate 5 against the surface of the extension 6 is drawn into contact with the adjacent surfaces of. the flanges 2 so as to maximize the gripping action of the plate 5 against the at- The plate bea h; 1.

5 is of a form whereby either one of the extensions G'therof may be employed as the active line Wire receiving portion of the plate or, if desired, two line wires be arranged in parallel relation and respectively associated with the companion extension 6 at the upper and lower edges of the plate. The attaching plate l'of the structure'is secured to the post A by passing bolts l1 through the plate and through the post, as villus trated.

the form of the invention shown in Fig-Pit, the attaching plate 12 is secured to a post means of clips l3. These clips are'substa'ntially of Ll-forni and the branches 1 4,Y14 of clips are eonnected by a curved the latter being designedto embrace the corresponding back surfaceof the Pa t 1- A ide r m @1 ma of conw ns the plate 12 with the post G, this form of the invention is identical with" the form de scribed in the first embodiment."

With reference to Fig.5; a plate 16 is,

shown to haveconnected therewith clips 17 whichare si nilar to the clips 13,, above mentiehed. clip 17 is provided with right angularly extending branches that are adapte to'fac'eorn nodate themselves to the corresponding a gularly disposed surfaces of a post In other words, the post 18 is of a rectangular configuration in"horizontal sect on a h lip 7 is h t mer ly a'ecom'inodate itself to such a foi in of post. either one of the devices mentioned, the clam in peels 5 a a ap t b dju ed to any peint the length of the attaching plate and as the flanges 2-2 of the plate a upstr lck'by respectively slitting .t e "metal on longitudinal and transverse lin'esfit is evident that the ends of the fl ng s wi l b open s a P rm e heads of the fastening bolts to be freely passed into 2 1 1 f engage en with th plate, as may be desired.

a ta in Having thus fully described iny invention, Wh'atI desire to claiin and secure byLetters Patent, is:-

1. A wire fastener for fence posts, com-- prising, an attaching plate secured to the post and provided with longitudinally extending flanges upstruck from the plate and disposed relative to each other, so'asto define between the flanges an intervening continuous slot, the ends of the slot being open, the said flanges having portions lying parallel to the adjacent surface of thepost, and line wire clamping elements freely adjustable in the slot defined by the upstruek A fiangesof the platea'nd adjustable with "relation to the flanges 7 the said plate having a serrated surface ext-ending atriflht angles a t le h of th o tween of the attaching plate andengaging the flanges of the attaching-plate,-as and for purpose speciiiedk p i Y 2 A line wire fastener for fence posts, comprising, an attaching the post along one of the vertical 'surfaces thereof, the said platebeing respeetively and Ser n tolp fi the line wire to be interposed between the. flanges and the plate,

the flanges 1 plate, secured to I I .i'

split on longitudinal and" transverse lines it and upstruck within the area defined by said transverse and longitudi-i al sp1its to form a palr of cont nuous flanges eae "hav i s erm a Port y is in n t -le re sn to the ne t nd a clampi pl t freely adjustable over the anges the length thereof to secure the line wire hetween the flanges and thec'lainping plat and for the purpose sietforth. I I

In testimony whereof I hereunto afrhginy signature. in the presenee oftwo witnesses,

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